Allsop Diary

[Top Left] October [Top Right] 10th Month 1916 Newmans [Centre] 16 Monday

Enlisted 23rd July. Went into camp 6th Aug. Sent to Agric Ground & camped in Pigeon Pavilion till Tuesday then Warwick Farm passed Coy S.M. Exam. Measles Camp. AMC. 8th AMC 1st Aug. left for Melb 8th [Left] Oct. [Centre] 17 Sunday

Church Parade. St Luke's S.M. 60 Invited Social. Afternoonwent St Kilda thence Brighton Met Eddie Barron & Bob Cowan. Visited Thompsons stayed tea Invited trip in side car next Posted letter to Nell. [Centre] 18 Saturday A Barrons married in Geelong G. Edmonson (very big) enlisted also Sam Cowan. Alf Thompson verry tall. Hettie Brown pretty girl. Johnnie Barlow dead.

Monday 18th ( The Danery ) Her Magesty's ( Mistress )

[Top Left] 1916 31 Days [Top Right] October [Centre] 19 Tuesday

King's Theatre "Bonnie Mary of Argyle"

[Centre] 20 Wednesday

St Kilda at " Orange Dandies" The Old Guard Nobodys Widow Madame X Within the Law

[Centre] 21 Thursday

In Melbourne Pictures "Women & Wine"

[Centre] 22 Friday - 18th after Trinity

Commenced Route March from Ringwood 15 miles out. Marched 13 iles Camped Kangaroo Ground. [Transport out to]

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[Centre] 23 Monday

At Healesville Saw Mr. Mrs. Albert Ina Bradshaw Mrs. Davies Raining all the time [Centre] 24 Tuesday

Left Melbourne Wednesday 10th. Nov. at Mid-day. Previous day helping cart provisions to boat. Crowd awaiting march to boat. Girl handed me a flag. [Centre] 25 Wednesday On board hour or so whe public permitted on to pier. Tremendous Crowd. Moved away from pier slowly and straight out to sea. Fairly rough up to today (Monday). We are now nearly at Cape Lewin i.e. across

[Top Left] 1916 31 Days [Top Right] October the Bight. A couple of days ago we sighted a seal right alongside, while today we saw a whale & a number of porpise. Some miles out of our course owing to presence of mine-layer which escaped through Suez. Will not see land until we come to Red Sea. Yesterday lost purse with £2 - 5/- in it. Miserable on board as far with a few hundred men in one hold especially at night. Sailor Law on board as Lieut. with Infantry, also another chap whose face I recognise. Photos of boat purchased on board. [Centre] 29 Sunday - 19th after Trinity Church Service last night [Illegible] by Corp Coser.

[Top Left] Oct. & Nov. [Top Right] 10th & 11th Months 1916

[Centre] 30 Monday

About 26 or 27/11/15 crossed Equator. Very hot indeed. Sports , Carnival tc on board to celebrate crossing the line. Fernandey Jew. Robuck etc From Equator to Cape Guardafini nothing to see except that weather was warm. On morning of Wednesday the 1st Dec. at 6 a.m. amongst the clouds on the Horizon we could distinguish the dim outline of the coast around Cape Guardafini along the N. E. coast of Africa. The Cape is a very steep rugged precipice much more weird looking than North Head. I should say it is much higher From this steep headland a high mountain.